US Congress House Bill 1497 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 12 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-05-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to take all necessary steps to: (1) exhume the remains of 13 deceased U.S. sailors buried in or near Protestant Cemetery and Tripoli Castle in Tripoli, Libya; (2) transfer such remains for laboratory identification; (3) in the case of identified remains, transport such remains to a veterans cemetery located near the closest living family member of the deceased (or to another cemetery, as determined by the Secretary); (4) in the case of identified remains, provide a military funeral and burial; and (5) in the case of unidentified remains, transport such remains to Arlington National Cemetery for interment at the Tomb of the Unknowns.

To direct the Secretary of Defense to take whatever steps may be necessary to exhume and transfer the remains of certain deceased members of the Armed Forces buried in Tripoli, Libya, and for other purposes.

Rep. Mike J. Rogers [R-MI]	Rep. John Carter [R-TX]	Rep. Kathleen Hochul [D-NY]	Rep. Larry Kissell [D-NC]
Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Mike Pence [R-IN]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-05-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2011-04-29	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2011-04-12	House	Referred to House Armed Services
2011-04-12	House	Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
2011-04-12	House	Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1497/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1497/BILLS-112hr1497ih.pdf